Returning back to Finland

This picture from Cornwall is our farewell from England

We left Great Eversden and Cambridge six o’clock being very punctual, we told the landlords earlier that morning that it would be six and so it was. Two hours later we were in Harwich, some of us went to dinner in hotel Tower, some of us stayed in the car. Luckily, we all went for a walk on the beach a bit later. We were at the harbor by ten, and got to the ship quite soon. BUT we had to stay in the car, while the other disappeared somewhere, so unfair!

Early in the morning by 7.30 the folks returned to the car, pretty soon we were out of the ferry. Luckily, the kennel boy had negotiated with his Here and knew that there was something green just five minutes from the harbor of Hoek van Holland. And by gosh, there was, a nice huge park just for us with the sunrise and breakfast. We could forgive the folks their nightly neglect. 

A couple of hours later someone needed coffee and something needed the petrol. We did not need anything? A couple of more hours driving in the mist and it was time for a walk. Since it was (almost) raining, we were left in the car again and someones did get feeded. Soon after we were in a national park of Wildeshaausen and we had the park and the paths for ourselves for an hour, lovely!

Two more hours in the car and we were almost in our destination, in Lübeck. And yes this time the google was right, it took only six hours to get there, it was Saturday, no accidents, no road works going on! Some of us wanted to see the Christmas markets, and so we did! We saw lots of people, lots of lights and lots of interesting smells here and there. The walk was a bit different than during the day but quite nice, though, the smells! The walk ended by the dinner in the car and someones disappeared to their dinner somewhere unknown. Someones returned to the car a couple of hours later, some more driving (just 15 minutes) took us to the beaches of Travemünde. We had a nice walk along the strand with lots of “no dogs” signs (it was after ten and not swimming season anyway), in the end of the unwelcoming strand we did find a dog beach with sand and good conscience.  After that some of us thought that we are ready to embark, so we did 11 o’clock and did not have to wait long until we were in the ferry. This time we were allowed to follow someones in the ferry. But what a service, we had to stay there two nights and a day in between. We were taken every now and then to the deck, but we are ladies and can not help ourselves on such a places, so we just waited and waited all those 35 hours!

Regards, happy travellers, content where ever to stayers, Prikka & Jinga

We arrived to Dover by sunset, to Helsinki by sunrise. From the cabin window we were looking a seal  enjoying his life  in front of this ferry.

It was more than nice to get out in Vuosaari, finally! Though we did not head home, no we did not. First we visited grandma’s place, there someones were busy removing stuff out, then we were left there by ourselves.  Next pit stop was granpapa’s place, again no host to greet us. Luckily, we did get a good outing in the afternoon around the castle and the park nearby, it would have been so nice to run on the ice but someone did not like the idea, eventhough there were lots of people over there. After the walk, some carrying stuff out again and we staying by ourselves in the house while someones were busying themselves. So, it happened that we did not get home until bed time. We kind of smell  some changes in the air!

Hämeenlinna

Sunset at Hämeenlinna